Wheels Of Laredo chords by The Highwomen

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)

Key: BB

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G  D/F#D/F#  E minorEm  D MajorD  C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm  D MajorD


Verse 1:
   G+G
On a winter night in Webb County, Texas
                  B minorBm
On the north bank of the mighty Rio Grande
   C majorC
I was watching the jungle fires a-burnin'
      G+G             D/F#D/F#
Across the border of a not-so-distant land

Verse 2:
    G+G
And the echoes of the church bells that were swingin'
                   B minorBm
Could be heard from Guadalupe Market Square
      C majorC
There was a girl down there in the south side of the river
    G+G                 D/F#D/F#
She had feathers tied into her long black hair


Chorus:
   C majorC
Said if I was I was a white-crowned sparrow
    G+G                D/F#D/F#
I would float upon the southern skies of blue
    G+G   D/F#D/F#   E minorEm   D MajorD C majorC
But I'm stuck inside the wheels of Laredo
D MajorD               G+G  D/F#D/F#  E minorEm  D MajorD  C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm  D MajorD
Wishing I was rolling back to you


Verse 3:
   G+G
I put on my favorite jacket for Jamboozie
                 B minorBm
I painted up my eyes and wore my beads
      C majorC
There was a band playing "To God Be the Glory"
      G+G               D/F#D/F#
There were people dancing all around the streets

Verse 4:
      G+G
There were barrels on the sidewalk that were burning
                   B minorBm
And a fortune-teller readin' people's hands
   C majorC
And I swear I heard those church bells ringing
      G+G             D/F#D/F#
Across the border in a not-so-distant land


Chorus:
   C majorC
Said if I was I was a white-crowned sparrow
    G+G                D/F#D/F#
I would float upon the southern skies of blue
    G+G   D/F#D/F#   E minorEm   D MajorD C majorC
But I'm stuck inside the wheels of Laredo
D MajorD
Wishing I was rolling back to you


Instrumental:
E minorEm  C majorC  G+G  D/F#D/F#  x2


Chorus:
   C majorC
Said if I was I was a white-crowned sparrow
    G+G                D/F#D/F#
I would float upon the southern skies of blue
    G+G   D/F#D/F#   E minorEm   D MajorD C majorC
But I'm stuck inside the wheels of Laredo
D MajorD             E minorEm
Wishing I was rolling back to you
C majorC       D MajorD        G+G  D/F#D/F#  E minorEm  D MajorD  C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm   D MajorD  G+G
Wishing I was rolling back to you